This is a few years old but it is awesome. If you only watch one youtube video this year - watch this one!

The Game Changers is a book by Samantha Brett and Steph Adams with some life advice and inspirational stories of women from Australia and around the globe who are changing the world. Part one of the book contains chapters on Creating your own brand, staying balanced, preparing for a job interview and building a loyal Instagram following, amongst other things. The second part contains stories of women who are changing the world including their motto and top tips. The list of game changers includes Meghan Markle, Bobbi Brown, Julie Bishop and Elle Macpherson. If I had to describe this book in one word it would be Inspirational.

Amika George is an English teenager who started a campaign to lobby the government to provide free period products to girls who couldn't afford it. Apparently 800 million girls around the world miss school for a week when they get their period because they can't afford sanitary products. Here's her TED talk.

In her article on Ten Daily, Lisa Wilkinson describes how she survived the bullies when she was a teenager. She points out in her Ten Daily article that we live in an angry culture. It's not just children and teenagers who are being aggressive and bullies. Watch the news and you will see politician screaming at each other in Parliament, read the weekly women's magazines and you will see unflattering photos of celebrities pointing out every flaw, scroll through Facebook and you will see people making scathing comments on posts. She said, "Maybe it’s time we start embracing a culture that celebrates rather than sledges; that picks us up instead of putting us down."

Read more about Katie's Krops here.

Stephanie Morton is a 27 year old Australian cyclist who won three gold medals in the cycling at the Commonwealth games this month. She didn't take up competitive cycling until she was 15 years old. The journey hasn't always been a smooth ride though, she endured two knee surgeries and glandular fever over a  three year period. She said, Pressure makes diamonds. We’re going to keep rolling with that motto. We’ve all had our bumps and bruises and fair share of injuries, and we use each other as motivation – be there for your teammate when you do have an injury.
Stephanie is studying criminology and wants to become a police officer.

The Girlfriend Movement has a great interview with Elise Stacy who is a former Australian Women's hockey player (you may also recognise her from The Bachelor). She talked about the spirit of sisterhood amongst the hockey players which encouraged them to be the best on and off the field. Girls can "achieve more together than we could ever hope to on our own." You can read the full interview here.